diff --git a/tests/test_backup.py b/tests/test_backup.py
index 264a7049e426ec014d21a7f595695bd6ee2fa70a..aea304cd0a83d0e2b33cc4c6ab56572dacc68a69 100755
--- a/tests/test_backup.py
+++ b/tests/test_backup.py
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ def test_last_backup_is_recent(server):
     cmd = 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no %s ls -l %s | grep latest' % (server, path)
     status, out = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
     if status == 0:
-        date = out.strip().split(' ')[-2]
-        pdate = datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d-%HMS')
+        date = out.strip().split(' ')[-1]
+        pdate = datetime.strptime(date, '%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S')
         if (datetime.now() - pdate).days > 2:
             print('Backup is older than 2 days')
             return False